macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
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Data recovery tool and decompressor for files in the lzip compressed data format. Version 1.26 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-29.
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Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install lziprecoverDebian stable package indexes · lziprecover · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install lziprecoverFedora Rawhide package metadata · lziprecover · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#lziprecovernixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/lz/lziprecover/package.nix · source: api.github.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install lziprecoveropenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · lziprecover · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Data recovery tool and decompressor for files in the lzip compressed data format
Project links
Commands and aliases
- lziprecover
history
Project history and usage
Lziprecover is the recovery and decompression companion for the lzip compressed data format. Its official manual describes a tool that can repair slightly damaged .lz files, merge good parts from multiple damaged copies, extract data from damaged files, test integrity, and generate Forward Error Correction files.
Project history
Lziprecover exists because lzip's format was deliberately designed with recovery in mind: simple members, CRC-protected original data, member sizes, and LZMA stream constraints make corruption easier to locate and reason about. The recovery tool turns those format choices into user-visible operations.
The official release indexes show lziprecover distributed as part of the lzip family by at least 2012, with a dedicated lziprecover release directory starting at 1.15 in 2013 and continuing through 1.26 in 2026. Over time the tool became the practical proof point for lzip's long-term-archiving claims.
Adoption history
Lziprecover is narrower than lzip itself, but package managers include it because a recovery story is part of why some users choose .lz archives. The input package facts show packages in Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, Nix, and openSUSE-style ecosystems.
It is most likely to be installed by users handling backups, source archives, damaged media, or archival workflows where a regular decompressor is not enough.
How it is used
Typical uses include testing .lz files, decompressing damaged archives as far as possible, repairing a one-byte error in a member, merging two or more damaged copies into a correct file, and extracting tar members from a damaged tar.lz stream.
The official page gives the common tar pipeline pattern with lziprecover writing decompressed data to stdout and tar reading it from stdin.
Why package nerds care
Lziprecover is a small but unusually package-nerdy tool because it validates the package format's social promise: compressed source and backup archives should be inspectable and salvageable years later. It is not just a decompressor; it is part of the lzip ecosystem's argument for safe long-term distribution.
For maintainers, it is the sort of leaf utility that looks optional until a damaged source archive or backup turns it into the only tool that matters.
Timeline
- 2012: lziprecover releases are present in the Savannah old-release index.
- 2013: lziprecover 1.15 appears in the dedicated Savannah release directory.
- 2026: lziprecover 1.26 is published in the official release directory.
Related projects
- lzip creates the .lz format that lziprecover repairs.
- GNU ddrescue is recommended by the lziprecover manual as a complementary tool when corruption comes from damaged media.
- plzip, clzip, pdlzip, lzlib, and lunzip are sibling tools in the lzip family.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:compress
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
lziprecover | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version1.26
manager updated2026-06-29
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lziprecover.html
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lziprecover.htmlnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:lziprecover |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.26 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lziprecover |
| Homepage | https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lziprecover.html |
| Upstream docs | https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lziprecover.html |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/lzip/lziprecover/lziprecover-1.26.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-29T19:24:45-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | lziprecover |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
lziprecover 1.25-3
lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm (recovery)
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lziprecover.html
sudo apt install lziprecover- Section: utils
- Architecture: amd64
- 3 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Lziprecover
Nix95%
lziprecover
nix profile install nixpkgs#lziprecover- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Lziprecover
Ubuntu apt95%
lziprecover 1.24-1
lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm (recovery)
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lziprecover.html
sudo apt install lziprecover- Section: universe/utils
- Architecture: amd64
- 3 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Lziprecover
dnf95%
lziprecover 1.26-1.fc45
Data recovery tool and decompressor for files in the lzip compressed format
https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lziprecover.html
sudo dnf install lziprecover- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: lziprecover
- 5 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Lziprecover
zypper95%
lziprecover 1.25-2.4
Utility to repair broken lzip files
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lunzip.html
sudo zypper install lziprecover- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Productivity/Archiving/Compression
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: lziprecover
- 6 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Lziprecover
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment